Bistra Dilkina is a senior at Simon Fraser University, and will
receive a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science in spring 2003.

Bistra's research is in artificial intelligence. She has been developing a
constraint programming system for solving difficult scheduling problems. In
addition to her conceptual contributions, Bistra is the project's lead
programmer. A spin-off company incorporating some of her research results has
been formed by Simon Fraser University. The research is being published at the
Third International Workshop on Constraint Programming and Belief Revision in
Sydney, Australia.

Bistra was awarded a research assistantship in Simon Fraser University's
Intelligent Systems Lab. She has won numerous scholarships and awards, including
the International Shrum Scholarship. Bistra is representing her university in
the ACM Programming Competition, and helped to prepare training materials for
her team. Her extensive record of public service includes work for the St. James
Community Service Society, which provides help and shelter to people with mental
illness.